42 U.S. Code § 6979 - Labor standards

No grant for a project of construction under this chapter shall be made unless the Administrator finds that the application contains or is supported by reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects of the type covered by sections
3141–3144,
3146, and
3147 of title
40, will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with those sections; and the Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to the labor standards specified in this section the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176) and section
3145 of title
40.

Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950, referred to in text, is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Codification

In text, “sections
3141–3144,
3146, and
3147 of title
40” substituted for “the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a–5)”, “those sections” substituted for “that Act”, and “section
3145 of title
40” substituted for “section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c)”, on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c),Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section
3256 of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act by Pub. L. 94–580.